Pathways Advocacy Bulletin

The Pathways Advocacy Bulletin is published five times a year as both an insert in The Notepad newsletter and a stand-alone publication, and distributed to Pathways members and friends, health-care service providers, emergency services, other professionals, mental health organizations, universities, and the public.

We welcome your comments on anything you read in the Bulletin, and also your suggestions for stories.

2018

May 2018 – Shame on Our Cities Neglect of the Mentally Ill – Allen J Frances M.D, Psychology Today. Dr. Frances had previously written that the United States is the worst place in the world to have a mental illness, while Trieste is the best.

March 2018 -Current Cannabis Laws A letter written by a mother, Alix Flynn, as a family directly affected by cannabis, and addressed to the Federal Government of Canada, Office of the Prime Minister, Province of BC, Honourable Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Jane Thornthwaite, North Vancouver MLA

2017-Nov. Bulletin – Cognitive remediation (CR) is an evidence based type of rehabilitation treatment offering brain exercises with an aim at improving cognitive processes. It is not currently available in the health care system in BC, and yet there are no medications that treat the cognitive impairments in mental illness. – Cindy Beatch, Family-to-Family teacher, parent and member of Pathways.

Vol. 2, No. 5, May 2010
Those who need help most can be short-changed
“Mental health kills the mentally ill,” says American critic D.J. Jaffe
Not in Canada? Not necessarily so

Vol. 2, No. 4, April 2010
The more things change, do they remain the same?
Family peer workers needed in training of psychiatrists
Request for inquest in Ben Williams case

Vol. 2, No. 3, March 2010
Ben Williams: Could this death have been prevented?
The Michael Wild case: the pattern repeats itself
Leaving it to professionals not a reliable treatment plan
St. Pauls mental health staff share information